[OpenAFS] restore from old dmp files

Susan Litzinger susan@psc.edu
Thu, 9 Jul 2015 15:18:28 -0400


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Thanks - I got it to work .. I swear what worked today didn't work
yesterday.  Maybe the moon was in the wrong phase or something.  But thanks
for the pointer .. it helped get me on track.

Susan


On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 11:20 AM, Jeffrey Altman <
jaltman@your-file-system.com> wrote:

> On 7/8/2015 2:10 PM, Susan Litzinger wrote:
> > We have a returning staff member who would like to access some old mail
> > volumes.
> >
> > Reference to these vols had been deleted from the voldb but were found
> > the actual .dmp files among our archived backups.
> >
> > I located the id and server/partition info from some old logs and am
> > trying to restore to the voldb using the command:
> >
> > vos restore -server daphne.psc.edu <http://daphne.psc.edu> -partition
> > /vicepdd -id 537123196 -name usr.2.joes.mail2.R -file
> > ~susan/usr.2.joes.mail2.dmp
> >
> > I don't get any error, but nothing shows up in the volume db.  Any ideas
> > what step I'm skipping?
> >
> > I also tried:
> >
> > backup volrestore -server daphne.psc.edu <http://daphne.psc.edu>
> > -partition /vicepdd -volume usr.2.joes.mail2 -extension REST -n
> -localauth
> >
> > with no luck.
>
> What is the output from "vos restore" with the "-verbose" flag?
>
> Have you raised the log level on the volserver process?
>
> What does the VolserLog report?
>
>
>
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Thanks - I got it to work .. I swear what worked toda=
y didn&#39;t work yesterday.=C2=A0 Maybe the moon was in the wrong phase or=
 something.=C2=A0 But thanks for the pointer .. it helped get me on track.=
=C2=A0 <br><br></div>Susan <br><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><di=
v class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 11:20 AM, Jeffrey Altman <sp=
an dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:jaltman@your-file-system.com" target=
=3D"_blank">jaltman@your-file-system.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquo=
te class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc so=
lid;padding-left:1ex"><span class=3D"">On 7/8/2015 2:10 PM, Susan Litzinger=
 wrote:<br>
&gt; We have a returning staff member who would like to access some old mai=
l<br>
&gt; volumes.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Reference to these vols had been deleted from the voldb but were found=
<br>
&gt; the actual .dmp files among our archived backups.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I located the id and server/partition info from some old logs and am<b=
r>
&gt; trying to restore to the voldb using the command:<br>
&gt;<br>
</span>&gt; vos restore -server <a href=3D"http://daphne.psc.edu" rel=3D"no=
referrer" target=3D"_blank">daphne.psc.edu</a> &lt;<a href=3D"http://daphne=
.psc.edu" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">http://daphne.psc.edu</a>&gt=
; -partition<br>
<span class=3D"">&gt; /vicepdd -id 537123196 -name usr.2.joes.mail2.R -file=
<br>
&gt; ~susan/usr.2.joes.mail2.dmp<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I don&#39;t get any error, but nothing shows up in the volume db.=C2=
=A0 Any ideas<br>
&gt; what step I&#39;m skipping?<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I also tried:<br>
&gt;<br>
</span>&gt; backup volrestore -server <a href=3D"http://daphne.psc.edu" rel=
=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">daphne.psc.edu</a> &lt;<a href=3D"http://=
daphne.psc.edu" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">http://daphne.psc.edu<=
/a>&gt;<br>
<span class=3D"">&gt; -partition /vicepdd -volume usr.2.joes.mail2 -extensi=
on REST -n -localauth<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; with no luck.<br>
<br>
</span>What is the output from &quot;vos restore&quot; with the &quot;-verb=
ose&quot; flag?<br>
<br>
Have you raised the log level on the volserver process?<br>
<br>
What does the VolserLog report?<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div><br></div>

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